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Quantum Mechanics on Lie Groups: II. Path Integrals

Quantum Physics 2026-07-17 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory Mathematical Physics Classical Analysis and ODEs

Abstract

We continue our study of quantum dynamics on a Lie group GG, initiated in arXiv:2512.19840, by building the path integral that governs transition amplitudes in the Hilbert space L2(G)L^2(G). This relies on the proper handling of both a noncommutative momentum space and the presence of compact directions in GG. We show that compactness can be handled through a sum over winding numbers in maximal tori of GG, generalizing the similar sum commonly encountered for path integrals on a circle. As applications, we compute semiclassical approximations of propagators and partition functions of Euler-Arnold systems, up to (and including) two-loop order.

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@article{arxiv.2607.16029,
  title  = {Quantum Mechanics on Lie Groups: II. Path Integrals},
  author = {Mathieu Beauvillain and Blagoje Oblak and Marios Petropoulos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.16029},
  year   = {2026}
}

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